CHAPTER – VI
MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSURANCES
6.1 While replying to question or
supplementaries thereon or during discussion on bills, Resolutions, Motions in
Parliament, at times, Ministers given certain assurances, such as, that they will
consider the matter, take action, furnish the required information etc. The
Government are obliged to fulfill these assurances and present a Report. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs is
the coordinating agency to ensure that the Ministries fulfill their assurances
in time.
GENERAL
PROCEDURE
6.2 The Ministry extracts from
the daily proceedings of both Houses, assurances given by Ministers and forward
the same to the Ministries/Departments concerned for taking necessary action
thereon. There is a set of
expressions for each House which constitute assurance to be fulfilled by the
Government. These expressions are
illustrative and not exhaustive.
While treating statement of Minister as an assurance, due consideration is given to the context
in which it has been made and whether it is capable of being fulfilled within a
reasonable time frame.
6.3 All assurances given
to the Parliament are required to be fulfilled within a period of three
months. Where delay is anticipated
by the Ministry on account of some genuine difficulties in fulfilling an
assurance or they do not find it feasible to fulfill an assurance for any valid
reason, the Ministries/Departments request the Ministry of Parliamentary
Affairs for placing the matter before the Committee on Government Assurances, Lok Sabha for extension of time or
for dropping of an assurance relating to Lok Sabha as the case may be. Whereas, in case of Rajya Sabha,
Ministries/'Departments approach the Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya
Sabha direct for extension of time or dropping of an assurance as the case may
be under intimation to this Ministry.
6.4 The
Reports are laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha by the
Minister/Minister of State of Parliamentary Affairs. Copies of the Reports laid are supplied to the Members
concerned and are also kept in the Parliament Library.
6.5
The details of Assurances
extracted/fulfilled/dropped during the years 1956 to
2001 and the balance
which remain be implemented are as under :-
LOK SABHA
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Year Total
Number Number
of Assurances Total
Balance %
of
of
Assurances Implemented
Implementation__________________
ญญญญญ Fulfilled Dropped
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. 2.
3. 4. 5.(3+4) 6(2-5)
7.
1956 1543 1543 - 1543 - 100
1957 893
893 - 893 - 100
1958 1324 1324 - 1324 - 100
1959 1138 1138 - 1138 - 100
1960 1000 1000 - 1000 - 100
1961 1244 1244 - 1244 - 100
1962 1333 1333 - 1333 - 100
1963 781 781 - 781 - 100
1964 883 883 -
883 - 100
1965 1073 1073 - 1073 - 100
1966 1542 1542 - 1542 - 100
1967 2116 2116 - 2116 - 100
1968 4174 4174 - 4174 - 100
1969 4260 4260 - 4260 - 100
1970 3331 3331 - 3331 - 100
1971 1824 1824 - 1824 - 100
1972 1577 1577 - 1577 - 100
1973 1757 1757 - 1757 - 100
1974 1789 1789 - 1789 - 100
1975 925 925 - 925 - 100
1976 521 521 - 521 - 100
1977 889 889 - 889 - 100
1978 1655 1655 - 1655 - 100
1979 1069 1069 - 1069 - 100
1980 1105 1105 - 1105 - 100
1981 1587 1587 - 1587 - 100
1982 1541 1541 - 1541 - 100
1983 1726 1726 - 1726 - 100
1984 1284 1284 - 1284 - 100
1985 1122
1121 - 1121 01 99.91
1986 1688 1688(1)* - 1688 - 100
1987 2139
2136 - 2136 03 99.85
1988 2308
2301 - 2301 07 99.69
1989 1794 1782(02)* - 1782 12 99.33
1990 2408 2393(01)* - 2393 15 99.37
1991 1717 1693(02)* - 1693 24 98.60
1992 2229 2197(01)* - 2197 32 98.56
1993 1798 1763(04)* - 1763 35 98.05
1994 1464 1431(08)* - 1431 33 97.74
1995 1522 1480(17)* 03 1483 39 97.43
1996 1696 1611(629)* - 1611 85 94.98
1997 1388 1315(36)* 04 1319
69 95.02
1998 1228(01)+ 1017(62)* 02 1019
209 82.98
1999 724(01)+ 604(86)* 06 610
114 84.25
2000 1631(192)+ 1136(752)* 04 1140 491 69.89
2001
1383(1383)+
737(430)* -
737 646
53.28
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
74123(1577)+ 72289(1433)* 19 72308 1815 97.55
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
RAJYA SABHA
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Year Total
Number Number
of Assurances Total
Balance %
of
. of
Assurances Implemented
Implementation___________________
ญญญญญ Fulfilled Dropped ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. 2.
3. 4. 5.(3+4) 6(2-5)
7.
1956
373 373 - 373 - 100
1957 238 238 - 238 - 100
1958 287 287 - 287 - 100
1959 235 235 - 235 - 100
1960 233 233 - 233 - 100
1961 257 257 - 257 - 100
1962 479 479
- 479 - 100
1963 218 218 - 218 - 100
1964 349 349 -
349 - 100
1965 1342 1342 - 1342 - 100
1966 436 436 - 436 - 100
1967 495 495 - 495 - 100
1968 827 827 - 827 - 100
1969 1104 1104 - 1104 - 100
1970 591 591 - 591 - 100
1971 447 447 - 447 - 100
1972 832 832 - 832 - 100
1973 1009 1009 - 1009 - 100
1974 724 724 - 724 - 100
1975 384 384 - 384 - 100
1976 781 781 - 781 - 100
1977 1117
1117 - 1117 - 100
1978 1655
1655 - 1655 - 100
1979 748 748 - 748 - 100
1980 1391
1391 - 1391 - 100
1981 1688
1688 - 1688 - 100
1982 1466
1466 - 1466 - 100
1983 1472
1472 - 1472 - 100
1984 1082
1082 - 1082 - 100
1985 1315
1314 01 1315 - 100
1986 1295
1295 - 1295 -
100
1987 1810
1801 03 1804 06 99.66
1988 1703
1696 02 1698 05 99.70
1989 1376
1364 04 1368 08 99.41
1990 1641
1619 06 1625 16 98.88
1991 1388
1368(2)* 06 1374 14 98.99
1992 2086
2065(1)* 03 2068 18
99.13
1993 1623
1609(3)* 01 1610 13 99.19
1994 1440
1413(10)* 05 1418 22 98.47
1995 1182
1152(20)* 04 1156 26 97.80
1996 738 718(12)* 01 719 19 97.42
1997 773 734(17)* 02 736 37 95.21
1998 755
678(51)* 02 680
75 90.06
1999 561(54)+ 483(73)* 04 487 74
86.80
2000 938(243)+ 607(383)* 06
613
325
65.35
2001 762(762)+ 282(160)* - 282
480
37.00
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
43646(1059)+ 42458(732)* 50
42508
1138
97.39
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
+
Recorded during the year under report.
* fulfilled during the
year under report.
6.6 In
addition to the above, 26 part Implementation reports relating to the Lok Sabha
and 09 part Implementation reports relating to Rajya Sabha were also laid
during the period under report.
6.7 Two
bar charts showing the total assurances
recorded, fulfilled and dropped during the years 1985 to 2001 for Lok
Sabha & Rajya Sabha are at Appendix - X and Appendix - XI respectively.
6.8 The
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has been vigorously pursuing with all the Ministries/Departments for
ensuring early implementation of all assurances given to Parliament. Periodic reviews are undertaken of all
pending assurances and the Ministries/Departments are reminded to expedite
implementation of the assurances.
As a result of the drive conducted by this Ministry, there has been
marked improvement in the pace of implementation of Assurances.
6.9 The Committee on Government Assurances, Lok Sabha presented two reports to the House namely Fifth & Sixth on 29.08.2001. The Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha presented its 53rd & 54th Report on 26.04.2001 & 29.08.2001 respectively.
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